Re: Puff of smoke starting 5000TQW

[Colin Hames <cchames@mm.com>]

Are there any other tests I can perform on the turbo?  I took the intake boot
off and check the free play on the impeller.  There is a tiny bit of up and
down movement from the impeller but no sign of blade interference.  Also, the
car runs strong and has no problem reaching 1.4 bar.

Colin Hames
cchames@mm.com
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Phil Payne wrote:

> In message <5700294e.2484dfae@aol.com> PlyBoyDoct@aol.com writes:
>
> > In a message dated 5/31/99 11:09:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk writes:
> >
> > > Yes, the startup puff is a good symptom of a dying turbo.
>
> > When do you forsee the turbo dying?  My car does the puff puff at startup
> > too.  So this concerns me.  How much is a new turbo?  Can I use the K26
> > instead of the K24(Which my car has now)?
>
> In my case, it was about 3,000 miles from first noticing the puff in
> the rear view mirror to the turbo actually dying.
>
> If I'd known what was happening, I'd have changed it ASAP - in the end
> the blades interfered with the casing and sent a load of shrapnel into
> the intercooler and inlet manifold.
>
> --
>  Phil Payne
>  UK Audi quattro Owners Club